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appropinquo
appropinquo
See also: appropinquò
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ad- (“towards”) + propinquō (“draw near”), verbalization of propinquus (“near”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ap.proˈpin.kʷoː/, [ap.prɔˈpɪŋ.kʷoː]
Verb
appropinquō (present infinitive appropinquāre, perfect active appropinquāvī, supine appropinquātum); first conjugation
- (transitive, with dative) I approach, come near to.
Inflection
Derived terms
- appropinquātiō
Descendants
- English: propinquity
References
- appropinquo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- appropinquo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “appropinquo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to draw near to a city: appropinquare urbi, rarely ad urbem
- to draw near to a city: appropinquare urbi, rarely ad urbem